Illuminated Frontispiece with an Artist Painting a River Scene for William T. Walters' Drawings Album ""Original Sketches""

1859

18.2 cm 12.8 cm

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This is the illuminated frontispiece for one of William T. Walters' drawings albums, titled "Original Sketches." It is clearly inspired by medieval manuscript illuminations. It shows an artist in a white suit painting a river scene in the initial letter "S" and the ground is a...

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Commissioned by William T. Walters, Baltimore, by 1859; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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